Alice Hall Petry is professor of English at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. She is the author of A Genius in His Way: The Art of Cable's Old Creole Days and Understanding Anne Tyler, and the editor of Critical Essays on Kate Chopin.

"On Harper Lee is a compilation of everything you wanted to know about one of the greatest writers ever." - Bookwoman/Bookman "Teachers and scholars will pick up new ideas here, as I did, and will find them well argued and documented appropriately. On Harper Lee will be a godsend to students who need sources for their research papers." - Merrill Skaggs, Baldwin Professor of Humanities, Drew University

Alice Hall Petry is professor of English at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. She is the author of A Genius in His Way: The Art of Cable's Old Creole Days and Understanding Anne Tyler, and the editor of Critical Essays on Kate Chopin.

"On Harper Lee is a compilation of everything you wanted to know about one of the greatest writers ever." - Bookwoman/Bookman "Teachers and scholars will pick up new ideas here, as I did, and will find them well argued and documented appropriately. On Harper Lee will be a godsend to students who need sources for their research papers." - Merrill Skaggs, Baldwin Professor of Humanities, Drew University

Alice Hall Petry is professor of English at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. She is the author of A Genius in His Way: The Art of Cable's Old Creole Days and Understanding Anne Tyler, and the editor of Critical Essays on Kate Chopin.

"On Harper Lee is a compilation of everything you wanted to know about one of the greatest writers ever." - Bookwoman/Bookman "Teachers and scholars will pick up new ideas here, as I did, and will find them well argued and documented appropriately. On Harper Lee will be a godsend to students who need sources for their research papers." - Merrill Skaggs, Baldwin Professor of Humanities, Drew University